cost allocation

Zero-basing is re-emerging as a bold approach to optimising cost and spend allocation. This paper explains how to create the conditions for success.
Read on to discover:
how to lay the foundations for a successful zero-basing programme
how to define your impact of zero-basing on the future operating model
why emotional intelligence is critical to successful implementation.

Zero-basing is re-emerging as a bold approach to optimising company costs and spend allocation. Putting people at the heart of the change is key to creating the conditions for success.
Read this paper to discover:
how to plan key people interventions to achieve sustainable change
what role leaders have to play in determining zero-basing success
the emotional impact of zero-basing programmes – and how to manage this.

Trying to meet evolving donor expectations? Ensure optimum use of funding? Neither is possible if you’re underestimating your direct and indirect overhead costs. Learn four steps to true cost allocation for not-for-profit organizations, and the accountability and transparency benefits a modern cost allocation system can deliver.

Trying to meet evolving donor expectations? Ensure optimum use of funding? Neither is possible if you’re underestimating your direct and indirect overhead costs. Learn four steps to true cost allocation for not-for-profit organizations, and the accountability and transparency benefits a modern cost allocation system can deliver.

Retailers continue to collect this data and many have made good use of it, segmenting and targeting customers and rewarding loyal behavior with discounts and offers. Still, many sense that there’s untapped potential. They’re right. With the cost of data storage plummeting and the capabilities of analytical tools on the rise, this data’s value is set to skyrocket. John Bible, Senior Director of Retail Data Science and Insight at Oracle Retail shares his view on how insights from these vast data storehouses can scientifically inform retailers’ decision-making in critical strategic, tactical and operational areas, including category management, shelf space allocation and new product introductions.

Financial Services is an industry driven by disruption. Transformative business models such as low-cost brokerages, innovative investment products like ETFs, and the huge regulatory mandates like Gramm-Leach-Bliley are but a few examples. Here are some others:
• New fintech firms such as a recent nine billion dollar investment in Ant Financial Services Group and myriad other venture capital-led fintech startups targeting well established segments across the financial services industry
• Robo-advisor services powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning intermediating financial advisors and portfolio managers alike
• Ever changing regulatory and risk management mandates, such as GDPR, Basel III, and Open Banking, transforming customer engagement and capital allocation
Read this whitepaper to learn how you can overcome these and other disruptions.

Do you spend a lot of money maintaining your restroom, but don’t get the credit you deserve? Are you tired of unnecessary waste in the restroom? Would you like your staff to be able to spend less time cleaning the restroom and more time in other areas?
Join Facilities Solutions Technical Training Senior Manager, Neal Duffy of Staples Inc. and Dr. Ronnie Phillips , Director of Omnichannel & eCommerce ,GP PRO as they highlight ways to uncover unnecessary spend in your restroom. By implementing a few simple changes, you will be able to identify long term cost savings for your facility and be able to re-allocate that spend to other areas of your day-to-day business.

This document educates end-users and decision makers on Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), where it differs from traditional software, and what the key benefits are when deploying SaaS applications. In addition, this document also provides the reader with a comprehensive look at the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis any decision maker should complete before making a choice between a SaaS or a traditional software deployment.

The IT demands of today's businesses are rapidly expanding. An increasing dependence upon the cloud for growth and the availability of new and changing technologies to support corporate operability are shining a light on the

Companies worldwide are embracing private clouds, not only because they support new, highly efficient and secure data solutions, but also to drive new competitive organizational strategies. This white paper provides an assessment of the business value of implementing IBM SmartCloud Entry for Power Systems versus comparable private cloud solutions from VMware on Intel. It discusses the benefits of private cloud solutions, including reduced labor and hardware/software costs, ease of implementation and adoption, scalability, organizational flexibility, security, improved efficiency, as well as allocation of and access to IT resources.